A Lancaster County college student continues to make a name for himself through his work as a genealogist after working on high-profile criminal cases.
LANCASTER, Pa. — 23-year-old Eric Schubert has a passion for the past.
At 10 years old, Schubert received an in-home genealogy kit, a gift that would transform his life and the many people who reached out to him for help.
“I was getting a lot of requests when I was in high school, just starting out in high school, to help people with family trees and to help people with d-n-a mysteries, so it was word of mouth and quickly transpired to something I was helping people with all across the country,” Schubert said.
A hobby transformed into a career.
“People might think genealogy and they think a basic family tree diagram, but at the same time as well you can use it to solve crimes,” Schubert said.
Two years later in 2022, the case was cracked.
“That …